Mission preparation

Checklist of steps for mission preparation - before shipment and on the day of launch

Topic: Checklist of steps for mission preparation - before shipment and on the day of launch

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Before shipment

Day of launch

Key Info:

Supplies:

  • Laptop with Putty, WinSCP, Matlab, text editor

Goals:

  • Review self test files
  • Prepare final cmdfile, targets, science file, pmar file, sg_calib_constants.m
  • Clean up basestation
  • Set up desktop file storage
  • Set up Matlab download scripts

Tasks:

Review any pre-mission self test files
  • Look for critical errors, check parameters that need to be changed
Clean up basestation
  • Connect to the basestation via WinSCP to view current status of basestation files
  • If old files are on there, need to clean them up!
  • Create a subdirectory within that glider’s folder. Name based on date, mission, or selftests
  • Move all old data in one step
    • Open terminal window to basestation and login with password
    • Navigate to main directory by typing cd / and hitting enter
    • Type usr/local/basestation/MoveData.py -m <current data location> -t <new data location> into the terminal windown and hit enter
      • <current location> is usually /home/sgxxx
      • <new location> should be /home/sgxxx/YYYY-MM-DD_deployment_location (i.e., /home/sg607/2023-04-25_deployment_MHI)
      • some text will print confirming it worked, and now /home/sgxxx will be mostly cleaned up and ready for new mission
      • this script does not move wisper files (ws0001az.x00, etc) and so those must be moved manually
Upload final piloting files
    • Change mission name
    • Check water density and mass
    • Check calibration constants
    • Check hydrodynamic params
    • Check all params and updated where needed for first short dive
    • Shouldn’t need one to start a mission
Set up Matlab download script
  • Check for agate updates
  • Create download script
  • Create folder structure on piloting computer

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